Build and export test-suite

In order to test your native and hybrid iOS apps on BrowserStack using XCUITest, you need to build and upload both the app (.ipa file) as well as XCUI test-suite (.zip file) to BrowserStack. If you do not have a .zip file for your test-suite, follow step by step instructions on this page to generate the zip file.

Using XCode

1. From the schemes dropdown, select the app scheme, and device as Generic iOS device

2. Product → Clean (Cmd Shift K)

3. Product → Build For → Testing (Cmd Shift U)

4. Use Xcode’s Project Navigator to right click on .app file and navigate to Show in Finder option

5. In the finder, select the appropriate <AppnameUITests>-Runner.app and navigate to the compress option. This should generate <AppnameUITests>-Runner.zip file

Using command-line tools

You can also automate the above process using the following steps:

1. Build the project for testing. Change to the project directory and run the following command to build for testing:
   xcodebuild -scheme <scheme-name> build-for-testing

2. From the command line, change to the derivedData directory. To know the location of your derivedDatadirectory, visit Xcode → Preferences → Locations.

3. In order to create the zip file, run the following commands:

  cd <app_name>-<random_characters> 
  
  # You can get the exact name of the last updated directory by ls -lrt 
  cd Build/Products 
  cd Debug-iphoneos 
  zip --symlinks -r <MyAppUITests>.zip <AppnameUITests>-Runner.app

Once the .zip file is ready, you are ready to upload it to BrowserStack servers using our REST API.

Related topics

• Manage your uploaded app or test suite using our upload app REST API and upload test suite REST API.

• Use the get app API endpoint and list test suites API endpoint to list your recently uploaded apps and test suites.

• Delete your uploaded app or test suite using the delete app API endpoint and delete test suite API endpoint.